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    cost of drawn plans & to be submitted

    no not one of our quotes,well not yet anyway, mums friend wants to know how much, she needs to remortgage to raise capital and needs a rough idea of how much for everything, i said (roughly £900 sq/m for extension), she has a plumber and sparky and they have gave an estimate!!!!(how without any...
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    cost of drawn plans & to be submitted

    hi, roughly how much would plans cost for an extension say 4m x 5m, only need a ball park figure, and would the price included the council fees (if any), if not how much would the council charge for them to be submitted, need an answer before tomorrow as forgot to ring round 2day!!
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    change a rad for more heat

    hi, hall is not draughty but quite big, and there is not a rad on the landing (which is quite small) so a single rad has to do both, the rad gets as hot as the rest and the rest are single rads as well but all in rooms, the thermo is in the hall about 6 foot away, all the rads in the house are...
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    change a rad for more heat

    hi, i'm thinking of changing the single radiator in the hall for a double one, is it worth doing? would there be much of a difference in the output of heat?, at the minute you can tell the difference in heat from the rest of the house and its quite a lot
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    grant work!

    just quoted up as normal, she seemed happy with the prices but like i said i'm the first of 2 quotes so wait and see, she wants it doing as soon as possible, how long do the council drag there heels over grant work?
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    grant work!

    just been round to quote up, the local council is paying and im the first of 2 quotes she's got to get, she told me to put the quote on letter headed paper with name and address on. i imagine if i get the job then the council will pay me?, don't like the sound of that as they might take ages to...
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    grant work!

    hi, got to price up a job and the woman said its grant work, never done any grant work before so how does this work???
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    Credit crunch- how you doing ?

    had 3 days work in the last 3-4 weeks, priced up 6 extensions at very reasonable prices just to get them, all said they were looking to have them done after xmas!!, keep getting the odd 1 day job here and there but that don't pay the bills, dropped our prices from £150 a day to £100-120, too...
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    concrete footing and existing drains question

    i think either way the minimum ive got to dig down is 1.6m and thats if the inspector says thats good enough, i just hope that when we start digging that there are no other pipes in the way,
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    concrete footing and existing drains question

    hi noseall, i kind of get it now, so its 800mm away from the trench and a 45 degree angle from the pipe would mean 800mm up from the bottom of the pipe, (2200mm deep pipe minus 800mm for the 45 degree angle from the pipe equals a trench depth of approx 1400mm) :? , does that sound about...
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    concrete footing and existing drains question

    i can see why you had to go down abit more... but the drains we are dealing with are 2.2 deep and will be 800mm away from the trench we dig, will the inspectors still make us go down the full depth even though we are not exposing any pipework?
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    concrete footing and existing drains question

    hi, got some plans thru to price up and on it there is something that ive not come across before, picture it if you can, dig down 1m for concrete footing right on the edge of the boundary to next doors, the inspection chamber and drain run is on next doors path (clients connects onto this run)...
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    price of R.S.J's

    thats exactly what i got quoted for everything youve just said!,suppose its not bad, just hope i get the job!
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    price of R.S.J's

    just got a reply off 1 of them, £320 all in for the pair with spacer bolts etc, were's the £97 ones on offer!!
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    price of R.S.J's

    just out of curiosity, would a 203mm deep x 103mm wide for a 3000mm opening be sufficient, it will be holding up; internally thermalite blocks; externally brickwork with a 1770mm x 1200mm window in the middle, above that a lintel & wallplate at the top (do you get me!), if not whats the next...
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    price of R.S.J's

    that sounds cheap!, was expecting somthing in the region of £250/£300, just got a price for a 3m heavy duty cavity steel lintel at £120! are u sure £97 for a 3.5m length?, if it is then happy with that
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    price of R.S.J's

    hi, been let down today by 3 "i'll get someone to ring you straight back" kind of quotes, just rang them all back and all said can you ring back monday !!:evil: , i need a rough estimate (its only for a quote but want to post it tonite),the sizes are 3500mm x 200mm deep x 110mm wide, if...
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    change a garage into living room

    hi, rang building regs geezer up today and asked him whats the options, says he just come off a job the same and they done the timber floor option, as the cilent wants it done cheap and with less mess i think this is the best option, 3 story house with 5 more attatched i think the neighbors will...
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    change a garage into living room

    hi, got a job of changing an attatched garage into a living room, the only problem ive got is the sloping floor, 2 inch drop from back to front. the front is also 6 inch lower than the house floor level, 4 inch at the back, the owner wants it done cheap as possible, can i screed it bearing in...
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    new building regs please

    [/url] thats the one , cheers oldman2 :D
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